Alittle Help - MMO

**vault** · 01-23-2009, 07:31 AM

I'm looking to turn a story of mine into an online game similar to the way neopets is setup minus the flash games. Could you guys link me to places or just enlighten me here on what languages they use and how the site works. I want to create a Text/Graphical based MMO just with more story oriented and mature game play.

I'm first looking to make the website myself because I have the time but not the money to pay someone else for their work. I also recognize that the neopets site has been around a while and is now corp. funded so they have a lot better website than I will have, but I want it to function the same way they make theirs.

Ahead of time thank you very much for taking the time to answer me or point me in the right direction.

**Orjan** · 01-23-2009, 07:53 AM

I'd recommend LAMP (LAMP - CodeCall Programming Wiki) with AJAX. Base the pages on php with mysql as data storage, and javascript for dynamical page content.

For easy management of layouts and everything, I'd recommend to create or use an existing template engine.

**vault** · 02-01-2009, 10:00 PM

Hey Orjan,
Thank You for giving me a place to start, I'm now led to ask you more questions. Are there any all in one books I could go ahead and pick up on amazon or at a book store on how to use LAMP and AJAX that are really top grade?

I'm excited to start working on my project so i can create the game fully and then have artists come in and make my vision come to life on top of my code.

**Orjan** · 02-02-2009, 01:20 PM

I personally don't know of a single good book for this, but there might be. LAMP^Wiki is how you set up a server, and is usual on most web hosts.

I'd recommend to rent a web space (and advance to a dedicated server when the site grows) and let someone else do the technical thing, and you focus on creating the site. Start with a cheap rented space for about $10-$15 a year or something, and start developing.

What you need to learn is PHP^Wiki, SQL^Wiki (especially SQL for MySQL^Wiki)and JavaScript^Wiki. AJAX^Wiki is merely a special technique how to combine JavaScript and another server based language as PHP to dynamically update the web page without reloading the page.

**softwarefilt** · 02-04-2009, 10:33 AM

I don't have any technical advice here, but I just wanted to say good luck with your project! I read a paper a couple of months ago how the internet is merely copying what is already analog -- books, radio, television, magazines, etc. -- and the promise of the future lies in more interactive projects like yours.